A Personal History in the Whump Fandom — I recently joined the Red Dwarf fandom — yes, I know that’s a weird sentence for an American to be writing in this, the year of our Lord two-thousand and twenty-three. My wife grew up a massive fan of the series, and while I had more than one friend in…

Finding Inspiration in Moments of Stillness I feel like we don’t talk enough about the essential difference between stillness and stagnation. I’ve never been good at managing down time, which is not to say I never took time off from anything — I just always felt massively guilty when doing so. Stepping back from creative projects…

In Celebration of National Poetry Month 2023 — I first fell into Maggie Smith through “Good Bones,” a poem which went semi-viral, in so much as poetry goes viral in the age of sound-byte entertainment. …

Celebrate NaPoWriMo — Whether You’re a Writer or Not — Uh, hey. Hi. Um. Long time, no see. Just so you know, long hiatuses are not atypical for me. I know, I know, that’s not the way to get ahead in the realm of online writing — thank God this isn’t my bread and butter, then. …

When it takes a whole village to be productive — During the summer of 2014, I found myself unexpectedly (temporarily) unemployed; I work as a paraprofessional and a vocational coach, a job which, despite its more abstract fulfilling aspects, usually financially necessitates I work through the summer. …

Where “Write What You Know” fails — Everything is cyclical. Trends come into favor for a time before fading into obscurity, oblivion, or (for the lucky few), dormancy until that magical time when they are not yet so far removed from our consciousness to be completely forgotten, but far enough removed to be romanticized and gazed at…

Inspiration has never been a problem for me. — Inspiration has never been a problem for me. Inspiration isn’t my issue. Inspiration, if you want to get technical, really only pertains to something that sparks the want to do something creative; it is the mental stimulant, what gets your thought process going, what drives your desire to create. Inspiration…

A Poem —

Wherein We Turn to Tech (but Not in the Way You Think) — There has been a lot written in recent months on the topic of AI generated artwork, and while this is a topic worthy of discussion and examination, it is also a topic that falls well beyond the scope of my humble “how to fill a sketchbook” niche. So, as the…